Another great special interest project car. Love to watch this channel. Real solid starting point. My good friend had a 1975 2500M with TR6 power. This was back about 1980. Will be following your progress. You are a busy man!
A friend had a early model with MGA motor,great working and handling car. Even better when he added the supercharger kit. Not sure but it may have been a Paxton. I should have bought it when he sold it. He now regrets selling it and so does the previous owner.
Looks Good. As you probably know, the engine was used in many Ford cars. Parts should be easily available and not expensive. From what I remember most of the parts came from other cars. The owners club would be well worth contacting with help on sourcing parts.
Nice car just needs a few weekends to get it tip top and I'm guessing your the man for the job I do admire a man who doesn't cut corners looking forward to this one 👍👌👏
You lucky lucky bloke. I'm so jealous. That must be the best TVR 3000 on the road today. I was going to buy one when they were new, but I got married instead. Lol Looks like the car lasted longer than my marriage... 😅🤣
Prachtig stukje nostalgie... en tezelfdertijd vrees ik ook wel een beetje voor een lopende rekening. Al bij al is dit weer een stukje autogeschiedenis om duimen en vingers bij af te likken.
Thanks for the comments , Tja geld is altijd wel een consideratie. Maar ik ben nu 60, en geld op de spaarrekening brengt niets op. Dus waarom niet iets kopen dat waarde heeft en houdt. Iets dat je graag hebt, en vooral mijn dagen zijn geteld... zoals bij iedereen. Groeten Steve
@@D3Sshooter Ik begrijp dat maar al te goed. Ik wordt dit jaar 60 en zou héél graag mijn lang gekoesterd speeltje nog kopen, nl. een Unimog. Altijd al liefhebber van geweest. Ik heb wel geen plaats zoals jij dat hebt... Het klopt dat de dagen geteld zijn, hoe langer hoe meer ben ik mij er bewust van. Succes met het project, ik hou het in het oog... ;-)
I worked at a TVR main agent around 1978, and in their day, these cars were very fast, they also did a turbo version, with a very complicated carb set up. Not sure if I remember right, but some had a fibre cam gear, which sounded like loose tappits, when it became worn, or that may have been the V4 engine? It was a long time ago!
Yes the Essex V6 had a fibre timing gear. A steel set was available but they were noisy. The other problem was the hexagonal rod that drove the oil pump from the distributor. It could round off and then no bottom end.
Thanks for the comments, so you could be a good source of TVR knowledge... Indeed they have a fiber cam gear ,, and metal one ca be placed but is noisy.
You are really lucky this one had a good oil leak, nothing preserves the underside of a car better than a spray of oil, when you have fixed the oil leak, I find the best thing to spray the chassis with is Waxoyl, it remains flexible, and it is wax based , the very worst thing is the bitumen based "protection" that allows rust to eat the steel away without being seen! Stay safe! Chris B.
Thanks for the comments, Bitumen is indeed a very bad idea...but even waxoil will not help on a rusty chassis. Once its back to bear metal, it will be painted (epoxy), in several coats, then a good base paint, and multiple coats for back paint ... Waxoil inside the tubes...
@@D3Sshooter Yes, I think a coating of bitumen actually makes the underbody parts rust more, if we look at the thin sheet steel components around the transmission and axle where a mist of oil has "escaped" they are usually in perfect condition under the layer of oil, and they were only painted with the usual paint coating, the problem is getting back to clean bare metal on the chassis, the only way is to sand blast it I think, then an epoxy coat is fine, phosphoric acid can help to neutralise any awkward to access rust. Stay safe! Happy New Year! Chris B.
In the old days, a 4 bbl intake manifold was made for Ford Essex. My Uncle had intake manifold with a Holley 4 bbl carburetor and it was a good upgrade I have read that some guys are stroked European Essex engine with American Essex crankshaft.
Nice find! I can relate to the relief of finding out that the chassis is in great shape. Good for you. I have to say that I normally don't particularly like yellow paint jobs but this one actually looks really good with the black accents. Somehow it looks just right for the car and its vibe. You'll have fun driving this (and working on it).
Thanks for the comments, and yellow happens to be one of my favourites together with blue... But then again I am green-red color blind. Maybe that has something to see with it
Tvr are always been no compromise.. Love Tvr.. A lot power not for beginners.. UK best place in the world for cars.. The only one who create light weight chassis cars as Colin Chapman did..
Thank you for this great walk around of your car. I've learnt a lot about the 3000M that I never knew about and will be following the progress of your car. I have a TVR Chimaera and they are such great cars to both work on and drive.
Thanks for the tour. A great looking car, and will be fun to see your progress. BTW, I like the color. I’ve been working on a 914 Porsche for several months and it’s sunflower yellow, and will stay with the original color. I just wish I had your technical know how, as trying to do everything myself.
Oh my! You really outdid yourself with this video! You are doing a fantastic job and I love the direction you’re taking this channel! (If possible lower the volume on the lifting of the vehicle portion of the video and I’m also assuming you meant oil cooler and not radiator? But I could be wrong maybe the radiator is indeed that small?)
Nice car. I was watching some videos of some guy in Iowa that has a large assortment of old cars including some TVRs. His name is Steve and races in Belgium apparently. His channel is called thisweekwithcars. Might be good to check out his website. He has a Facebook thing too. I would love to know what he pays for the barn finds he gets.
Thank you for the comments, yes the voltage reading needs to be verified , and the brakes are upgraded... not sure with what ... but 4 pistons indeed. I will have another video on this
Very nice it looks in good condition to parts bin special ford triumph Austin mg easy enough to get parts but finding part number is a headache alloy wheels look like Gemini either original Goodyear or most likely KN
Very jealous, after three British cars at same time wife has put foot down. Have to buy and hide, perhaps in one of your sheds? Test drove a TVR hard to get in and gear shift really high. Great fun not really practical in Indiana winters. Was tempted but took a pass. Fun fact I think they were imported to US and dealer on east coast put Ford v8 in them. Scary.
Congrats for the new baby!!!! Is beautiful! Very nice! I love 2 seats convertible too. I bought a porsche 718 boxster 4 monts ago, just waiting for the summer :). Hope to see some video about her soon! Does she has a name already?
Passing a UK MOT with racing harnesses is not an issue. They're perfectly legal in place of a normal seatbelt. The rules just say that some kind of seatbelt system must be in place for cars from 1966 onwards. The only issue you would have is if the racing harnesses were interfering with the rear seats, that would be a failure. However, you can just remove the rear seats and convert the car to a two-seater.
As new seals are required, do you plan to open the engine for a complete inspection ? Please, keep it yellow. A right choice for a car from the seventies. an so fun...
Do not know if of interest to you but there is a site in US called Bring a Trailer, basically an internet auction service. Every once in a while a TVR pops up. Recently there was a silver one with a Ford 302 engine. Comments are often entertaining and educational.
Early 1980, Charlotte, NC, Independence Blvd. at 100+ stupid mph in my black Olds 215 V8 Vega, I made quick work of a TVR like this, along with his friend in some unmemorable vehicle.
There is a nice resource library for drawings/diagrams and other info here > tvr.m-fix.co.uk/ www.pistonheads.com/gassing/default.asp?h=0 is a goldmine of help for these cars aswell.
Mild engine/gearbox oil leaks have a benefit in that they can aid in underbody rust protection :-)
Thanks for the comments, hahaha
The car is in the best hands now! I'm happy to watch another great project in the new year. Have a great 2021 everybody!
Happy new year! Thanks for the comments
Another great special interest project car. Love to watch this channel. Real solid starting point. My good friend had a 1975 2500M with TR6 power. This was back about 1980. Will be following your progress. You are a busy man!
Thanks for the comments
A friend had a early model with MGA motor,great working and handling car. Even better when he added the supercharger kit. Not sure but it may have been a Paxton. I should have bought it when he sold it. He now regrets selling it and so does the previous owner.
Thanks for sharing, Thanks for the comments
Looks Good. As you probably know, the engine was used in many Ford cars. Parts should be easily available and not expensive. From what I remember most of the parts came from other cars. The owners club would be well worth contacting with help on sourcing parts.
Thanks for the comments, Indeed like the Ford Capri 3L ...
Nice car just needs a few weekends to get it tip top and I'm guessing your the man for the job I do admire a man who doesn't cut corners looking forward to this one 👍👌👏
Thanks 👍
Car is very solid; just needs a little TLC. Looking forward to the future episodes! Thank you for sharing, Steve!
Thanks for watching!
Really like this style of TVR! It’s one of the best looking. I would definitely like one, and then sure to put in a v8
Great explaining of the vehicle pros and cons ..Bet he will be glad to get rid of those horrible black bits all over the body i time though.
Thanks for the comments
You lucky lucky bloke. I'm so jealous.
That must be the best TVR 3000 on the road today. I was going to buy one when they were new, but I got married instead. Lol
Looks like the car lasted longer than my marriage... 😅🤣
Thanks for the comments. I got divorced some time ago and then the cars came lol.....
Prachtig stukje nostalgie... en tezelfdertijd vrees ik ook wel een beetje voor een lopende rekening.
Al bij al is dit weer een stukje autogeschiedenis om duimen en vingers bij af te likken.
Thanks for the comments , Tja geld is altijd wel een consideratie. Maar ik ben nu 60, en geld op de spaarrekening brengt niets op. Dus waarom niet iets kopen dat waarde heeft en houdt. Iets dat je graag hebt, en vooral mijn dagen zijn geteld... zoals bij iedereen. Groeten Steve
@@D3Sshooter Ik begrijp dat maar al te goed. Ik wordt dit jaar 60 en zou héél graag mijn lang gekoesterd speeltje nog kopen, nl. een Unimog. Altijd al liefhebber van geweest. Ik heb wel geen plaats zoals jij dat hebt... Het klopt dat de dagen geteld zijn, hoe langer hoe meer ben ik mij er bewust van. Succes met het project, ik hou het in het oog... ;-)
I worked at a TVR main agent around 1978, and in their day, these cars were very fast, they also did a turbo version, with a very complicated carb set up. Not sure if I remember right, but some had a fibre cam gear, which sounded like loose tappits, when it became worn, or that may have been the V4 engine? It was a long time ago!
Yes the Essex V6 had a fibre timing gear. A steel set was available but they were noisy. The other problem was the hexagonal rod that drove the oil pump from the distributor. It could round off and then no bottom end.
Thanks for the comments, so you could be a good source of TVR knowledge... Indeed they have a fiber cam gear ,, and metal one ca be placed but is noisy.
Thanks for the comments, spot on
You are really lucky this one had a good oil leak, nothing preserves the underside of a car better than a spray of oil, when you have fixed the oil leak, I find the best thing to spray the chassis with is Waxoyl, it remains flexible, and it is wax based , the very worst thing is the bitumen based "protection" that allows rust to eat the steel away without being seen! Stay safe! Chris B.
Thanks for the comments, Bitumen is indeed a very bad idea...but even waxoil will not help on a rusty chassis. Once its back to bear metal, it will be painted (epoxy), in several coats, then a good base paint, and multiple coats for back paint ... Waxoil inside the tubes...
@@D3Sshooter Yes, I think a coating of bitumen actually makes the underbody parts rust more, if we look at the thin sheet steel components around the transmission and axle where a mist of oil has "escaped" they are usually in perfect condition under the layer of oil, and they were only painted with the usual paint coating, the problem is getting back to clean bare metal on the chassis, the only way is to sand blast it I think, then an epoxy coat is fine, phosphoric acid can help to neutralise any awkward to access rust. Stay safe! Happy New Year! Chris B.
Love your videos! They just keep getting better and better!
Thank you so much!
One of my favorite cars. Nice find and great video
Thanks for the comments,
In the old days, a 4 bbl intake manifold was made for Ford Essex. My Uncle had intake manifold with a Holley 4 bbl carburetor and it was a good upgrade
I have read that some guys are stroked European Essex engine with American Essex crankshaft.
Thanks for the comments, That might be possible indeed..
Nice find! I can relate to the relief of finding out that the chassis is in great shape. Good for you. I have to say that I normally don't particularly like yellow paint jobs but this one actually looks really good with the black accents. Somehow it looks just right for the car and its vibe. You'll have fun driving this (and working on it).
Thanks for the comments, and yellow happens to be one of my favourites together with blue... But then again I am green-red color blind. Maybe that has something to see with it
Tvr are always been no compromise.. Love Tvr.. A lot power not for beginners.. UK best place in the world for cars.. The only one who create light weight chassis cars as Colin Chapman did..
Thanks for the comments, indeed
Thank you for this great walk around of your car. I've learnt a lot about the 3000M that I never knew about and will be following the progress of your car. I have a TVR Chimaera and they are such great cars to both work on and drive.
Glad it was helpful! TXS for the comments ,,Enjoy your Chimaera
Hi Steve. Fantastic as always 👍🏻😎🏌️♀️
Thanks 👍
Thanks for the tour. A great looking car, and will be fun to see your progress. BTW, I like the color. I’ve been working on a 914 Porsche for several months and it’s sunflower yellow, and will stay with the original color. I just wish I had your technical know how, as trying to do everything myself.
Good luck on the 914, very underestimated cars, they don’t get respect until you drive one.
Thanks for the comments, that is also a good project the 914...
Oh my! You really outdid yourself with this video! You are doing a fantastic job and I love the direction you’re taking this channel!
(If possible lower the volume on the lifting of the vehicle portion of the video and I’m also assuming you meant oil cooler and not radiator? But I could be wrong maybe the radiator is indeed that small?)
Thanks for the comments, and it is the Radiator.
Steve- you own a few British cars so you know that oil on the outside of the engine is a design feature!
Thanks Peter, and indeed that is all muscle sweat lol
Nice car. I was watching some videos of some guy in Iowa that has a large assortment of old cars including some TVRs. His name is Steve and races in Belgium apparently. His channel is called thisweekwithcars. Might be good to check out his website. He has a Facebook thing too. I would love to know what he pays for the barn finds he gets.
Thanks for the info! will check it
Great as usual
.Happy and safe new year from Australia
Happy new year! Thanks for the comments
Voltmeter reading looked low? Not vented disks as std, also looks like you have AP (Princess) 4 piston calipers? Hard to see at the viewing angle.
Thank you for the comments, yes the voltage reading needs to be verified , and the brakes are upgraded... not sure with what ... but 4 pistons indeed. I will have another video on this
Amazing car, very good video 🤩
Thanks from France 😉
Glad you liked it!
Very nice it looks in good condition to parts bin special ford triumph Austin mg easy enough to get parts but finding part number is a headache alloy wheels look like Gemini either original Goodyear or most likely KN
Very jealous, after three British cars at same time wife has put foot down. Have to buy and hide, perhaps in one of your sheds? Test drove a TVR hard to get in and gear shift really high. Great fun not really practical in Indiana winters. Was tempted but took a pass. Fun fact I think they were imported to US and dealer on east coast put Ford v8 in them. Scary.
Thanks for the comments, That is why I have a girlfriend who loves cars... lol . Indeed not a car for serious winters..
Congrats for the new baby!!!! Is beautiful! Very nice! I love 2 seats convertible too. I bought a porsche 718 boxster 4 monts ago, just waiting for the summer :). Hope to see some video about her soon! Does she has a name already?
Thanks for the comments, no name yet... I guess Dolly.... a Porsche 718 is also a great car.... But somehow I am hooked on Britisch cars.... strange
@@D3Sshooter yes for the old timers (from 50's to the 70's) i think british and italians sport car are the best, also porsche as well.
hi...very nice just one remark...11:50 ..carter in English is "Sump"...interenstingly in Portuguese we also say "carter"
Thanks for the comments, yep Carter=Sump=Oilpan
So great n nice car, let us fix it Steve 👍
Working on it! Thanks for the comments
Great news,
Passing a UK MOT with racing harnesses is not an issue. They're perfectly legal in place of a normal seatbelt. The rules just say that some kind of seatbelt system must be in place for cars from 1966 onwards. The only issue you would have is if the racing harnesses were interfering with the rear seats, that would be a failure. However, you can just remove the rear seats and convert the car to a two-seater.
Thanks for the comments and tips, although this was the Belgian MOT
@@D3Sshooter Ah ok, I assumed you were referring to the car's last UK MOT since it still has the UK plates on it.
As new seals are required, do you plan to open the engine for a complete inspection ?
Please, keep it yellow. A right choice for a car from the seventies. an so fun...
Thanks for the comments, that is the plan to replace all the seals and then do a few more tests on the engine ..
Britisch tech, you certanly need carlift @ home then ;) But the shapes these cars have are iconic :)
Thanks for the comments, it is indeed Britisch tech ... not that reliable but always fixable
a cool car just a heads up you from 1971 till 1971 @00:22
Thanks for the comments and tips
@@D3Sshooter thanks for the great videos keep up the good work
As you are scrapping the exhaust invest in a ss one.....it can be tuned to your motor. Someone took care of that car but you are going to rescue it.
TXS for the comments... Yep, I will try to rescue it
Hello, i dream for a taimar turbo but so rare! How much cost such a very good car? Thanks
Do not know if of interest to you but there is a site in US called Bring a Trailer, basically an internet auction service. Every once in a while a TVR pops up. Recently there was a silver one with a Ford 302 engine. Comments are often entertaining and educational.
Thanks for the comments . I did not know, and its a bit out of the way.... but a good tip, I will have a look and who knows
Early 1980, Charlotte, NC, Independence Blvd. at 100+ stupid mph in my black Olds 215 V8 Vega, I made quick work of a TVR like this, along with his friend in some unmemorable vehicle.
Thanks for the comments,
@@D3Sshooter Kids do stupid stuff - lol
Neat car, I like it, but I'd have to paint it another color.
Thanks for the comments, That is yet to be seen
Great car👍 I have old Ford 1969 17M i have buy same 3.0V6 Essex engine that i will install in my old 17M
That will be nice a 17M with a V6... go for it
Nice car. 😎👍
Thanks for the comments
👍👍
Great looking car 👍but you need to lose the black on the yellow paint work 🙂
Thanks for the comments, those are stickers from the previous owner... hard to get off... but will go
That black block paint graphic on the door is just odd looking.
Yes indeed ( that is a left over from the previous owner) check the latest video's as all that is changed
Introducing Steve's cat at 0:29
hahaha
Use ACF50 on the chassis for the time being .
Thanks for the comments and tips.
There is a nice resource library for drawings/diagrams and other info here > tvr.m-fix.co.uk/
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/default.asp?h=0 is a goldmine of help for these cars aswell.
Thanks for the comments, that is a real good tip. TXS
LOL, seems as though not much changed with TVRs right up until they went out of business.
Thanks for the comments
You have found another bargain!
Thanks for the comments, indeed. For Belgium this is a great buy
Hello, het reservewiel heeft de originele velg.
Thanks for the comments, Dat is goede info .... TXS
Radio in it looks better than a hole in the dashboard...
Thanks for the comments, I will do something else with the hole
Can’t understand why anyone would want a radio in a sports car?
nice car ! Too bad it's a RHD, that is trouble for overtaking other cars in Belgium coz you don't see a damn thing
Txs. But no issue for me. All mine are Rhd. Dash camera works great.
@@D3Sshooter great idea a dash camera ! Better than a periscope :-)
lets call it banana... :-)
Thanks for the comments